kimchi-project/kimchi
An HTML5 management interface for KVM guests observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4815
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1337
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3200 stars · 362 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Kimchi is an HTML5 web-based management interface for KVM virtual machines, built as a plugin for the Wok web framework. It lets administrators create, configure, and manage KVM guests through a browser using standard Linux/libvirt interfaces.
Use cases
- manage kvm virtual machines from a web browser
- html5 gui for libvirt guests
- create and configure vm templates on linux
- self-hosted virtualization management console
- replace virt-manager with a web interface
- manage vms on a headless linux server
When to choose
- you run KVM/libvirt on Linux and want a browser-based VM management UI
- you need to administer VMs on a headless server without a desktop
- you want template-based guest creation on Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, or openSUSE
When to avoid
- you use hypervisors other than KVM (e.g., Xen, VMware, Proxmox)
- you need a modern, actively developed project - releases have slowed since 2023
- you prefer full-featured cloud platforms like OpenStack or oVirt
- you need multi-node cluster management rather than single-host management
Facets
application · maturity maintenance
gui http-server web-framework developer-tools self-hosted infrastructure-as-code self-hosted kvm libvirt virtualization-management html5 wok-plugin vm-management virtualization linux web-server
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/kimchi-project/kimchi · fetched 2026-08-28 · 0b5ca119d2be
- homepage: https://github.com/kimchi-project/kimchi/releases/latest · fetched 2026-08-29 · caf2cec9df2a
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| kimchi-project/kimchi | main | 23 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="kimchi-project/kimchi")
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